Weapons N' Roses sues Colorado brewery over Weapons 'N' Rosé ale

Weapons N’ Roses is displaying an urge for food for litigation over a beer.

The rock band has sued the Colorado brewery Oskar Blues, accusing it of trademark infringement for promoting an ale named Weapons ‘N’ Rosé with out permission.

In a grievance filed on Thursday in Los Angeles federal court docket, Weapons N’ Roses accused Oskar Blues of deliberately buying and selling off its goodwill, status and fame by promoting Weapons ‘N’ Rosé since early 2018, and complicated beer drinkers into pondering the band was linked with the ale.

The band is searching for triple damages and a halt to gross sales of infringing merchandise.

Oskar Blues is a part of the Canarchy Craft Brewery Collective. The brewery, its exterior regulation agency and Canarchy didn’t instantly reply on Friday to requests for remark.

Based on court docket papers, Weapons N’ Roses sued after Oskar Blues deserted each its software to trademark “Weapons N Rose” and any future use of that identify or the band’s identify, however stated it might maintain promoting Weapons ‘N’ Rosé beer via March 2020.